Shui He said that the matter of this duck feather to ward off evil spirits is related to the legend of July 15, when the ghost of the underworld was released to return to the sun. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And at that time, all the ghosts who need to return their souls to the yang world to enjoy the offerings will be driven to the vicinity of the Naihe Bridge and reunited with their families in three batches.

Among these three groups of people, who are known as virtuous and meritorious to the world, they directly pass over to return to Yang from the Nai He Bridge, go to the Tongtan Continent, pass through the "Soul Returning Mouth", and enjoy six hours of worship and sacrifice with their family members, and then return by the ghosts.

Among the remaining ghosts, they are divided into two batches, one of which is not very wrong, and the small people who usually keep to themselves are led by the ghosts to go down from the Nai River Bridge, and go south to the "Ghost Gate" along the Nai He Bridge, and enjoy the incense offerings for three hours with the descendants of their families, and finally leave before the rooster crows, and continue to go south along the Nai River, returning to the underworld from the "Soul Gate".

As for the last group of ghosts, they are some evil ghosts and scum who are treacherous and evil, believe in heretical cults, are disloyal, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and are rude, righteous and shameful.

It is said that the journey in this section of the blood pool is extremely miserable, during which the head of the Yin Soul cannot get out of the cold water of the Nai River, and the feet are not allowed to leave the mud of the stinky blood pool, otherwise the soul seducer will poke them on the head with a barbed bamboo pole and drive them back under the water.

In addition, they staggered forward, hurried and hurried, but could only come to the world in the coldest moment before dawn, and see the few few glances of their relatives.

After that, these evil spirits did not have much time to reunite with their loved ones, and it is said that they could only look at them in front of their offerings, and then they would be led by the ghosts to go around in front of their tablets, and at the end of the three tears, they would be escorted back by the ghosts to continue their path of atonement with blood and tears.

...... Speaking of this, Zhao Shuihe pointed out to us: "It is said that on the night of the resurrection of the soul on July 15, the souls of the second group of beloved people who went north from the water of the Nai River were reunited with their families on ducks. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Shuihe also told us with great interest that the reason why ducks were used to lure the necromancers was said to be because the king of Hades was most worried about this group of necromancers, and he was afraid that they would run to the yang world to make trouble, so he came up with the idea.

Why should we be so wary of the ghosts of the second group of people who have no great sin?

After all, among the three groups of living souls in the legend, the first batch of people are meritorious and virtuous, and their consciousness is relatively high, so let them go back from the road and return on time, there should be no difference, although the third group of people is evil, but the whole process is pressed by the ghost, and the most difficult to walk and escape from the Nai River waterway, even when they reach the yang world, it is only the time to cry a few tears from the nose, and there is basically no problem.

As a result, among the second batch of ghosts in this Soul Night, the "vast majority" who have no great merit or evil have become the most difficult targets to prevent.

According to the thick black logic of the underworld, this group of people has no concentration and no great enlightenment, so after reuniting with their relatives in the yang world for a long time, it is inevitable that they will touch the scene, forget the warning of "look at He Nai", and have the mind of staying in the world.

And what is especially important is that among the six realms of beings in the world, these second groups of those who have no evil and no merit are the most, and because of their numerous, Yin Si can't take many ghosts to keep a firm eye on them.

Because of these many concerns, people in the world rumored that the prefecture had come up with a way to let the wild ducks migrating through the Nai River in the early autumn of July 15 be "tailwind boats" and carry the souls of this second group of people to the waterway to visit relatives.

This habit sounds a bit poetic.

As for why there are so many birds in the world, and the Difu and this legend choose ducks to drive away ghosts? This naturally depends on the characteristics of the ducks themselves.

The wild duck is a kind of migratory bird, and it will go south in large numbers every autumn season, which is a reason for the wild goose to return to the south, in line with the ancestors' expectations for the return of the ancestors of the wanderer, and according to the legend, this duck is very watery, and it is also one of the few animals that can come and go smoothly in the water of the Nai River.

Therefore, the duck that we are most familiar with in daily life, like the magpie, geese, jade rabbits and other animals in the sky, plays the important role of manned reunion in myths and legends, and the distribution of this important task is ...... It also shows the depth of the scheming of those Hades ghosts in the Netherworld!

That's because when a wild duck carries the soul of a living person across the Nai River to see his relatives, the soul is not allowed to let go of the duck, and once it goes down, it will fall into the water of the Nai River and automatically become the third type of people in the pool of blood.

At the same time, in addition to letting the ducks swim across the river, Hades also let the ducks play the role of "overseers", and it is said that on the night of July 15, as long as the unjust spirit dares to reveal that he does not want to return to the underworld, then the duck that dragged him back will scream, peck him up and throw him directly back into the water of the Nai River!

In short, this is a ruthless character who can cross ghosts and trap ghosts.

Of course, these legends, true and false, false and real, people don't believe much now, but people in the past are convinced in their hearts, so around the Nai River water and these ducks, there are also many corresponding legends.

...... At this point, Zhao Shuihe raised his hand and said to us: "...... For example, the lotus water lantern put on the fifteenth day of July in our hometown, there is a saying that it is because those wild ducks carrying human souls have bad eyes, so they sent out road signs, as well as lettuce dumplings for relatives, it is said that they are actually to please the duck god grandfather, let him be gracious, and leave the souls of the ancestors for a period of more bribes......

As the duck spoke, Zhao Shuihe became very cheerful, and she kept telling me about the various past events and sacrifices in her hometown, with a beautiful expression on her face.

Seeing the excitement of the little girl, I didn't bother her, because I suddenly remembered...... She has been in Lubei for half a year.

In the past half a year, she has not been back once, and her relatives have never come to see her once.

Therefore, I can't help but think about it, this Zhao Shuihe ...... What kind of environment did she grow up in, and what did she think of as a home that didn't please her?

Of course, the current situation is complicated, not when I was stunned by staring at this little beauty, so after Zhao Shuihe was almost venting, I spoke to her in a timely manner: "Okay, Shuihe, I understand, this duck can carry ghosts and overturn ghosts, so Zhao Haipeng added duck feathers to the red devil ball...... Actually, it's an 'eye medicine' for the sword spirit, right?"

In response, Zhao Shuihe nodded and said, "That's right! That's what it means, let your knife know who is the master and who is the enemy!"